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School for vision impaired named in Commonwealth celebration

Jun 14, 2024 | therooftop.news | Heather Rogers

A residential school for young people aged 11 to 19 who are blind or vision impaired (VI) has been selected to feature in a new book celebrating 75 years of the Commonwealth. New College Worcester (NCW) is the only national provider of residential secondary education for academically-able VI students in the UK and counts BBC correspondents, judges and a world champion chess player among its alumni.
Tony Christie launches music for dementia campaign

May 23, 2024 | therooftop.news | Sam Jones

Sam Jones A new ‘Give It A Go’ campaign from Music for Dementia has been launched by singing legend Tony Christie who announced in January 2023 he was living with dementia. It is estimated there are 2.4 million people in the UK acting as unpaid care givers to people living with dementia. While there can be moments of joy, life can be tough for carers and despite feeling they are at breaking point, nearly three quarters keep going.
Taking the power of music to where people need it

Apr 29, 2024 | therooftop.news | Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones The Spitz Charitable Trust – which takes its name from the iconic London music venue where the charity’s founder and many of its musicians created years of magic – is celebrating 10 years of delivering brilliant, interactive live music that is improving peoples’ health and wellbeing note by note.
Political leaders urged to act on social workers’ concerns

Apr 14, 2024 | therooftop.news | Simon Francis

Political party leaders have been warned that vulnerable adults and children living in cold, damp, mouldy homes is a national scandal in an open letter from campaigners. The letter comes after research among members of the Social Workers Union found that two-thirds (61%) of children’s social workers witnessed young people living in conditions with excessive levels of mould.
Education charity sees parental engagement in homework increase by removing passwords

Mar 6, 2024 | therooftop.news | Sandish Shoker

Sandish Shoker A grant of £58,292 awarded by The Access Foundation to educational charity “Learning with Parents” has helped optimise logins on a platform that supports parents when engaging in their children’s homework. Learning with Parents supports all families to help them have positive learning interactions together, working to ensure that every child is supported at home to fulfil their potential.
Mind and SAMH are new charity partners to improve support for people experiencing financial worry

Feb 9, 2024 | therooftop.news | Rebecca Taylor

Rebecca Taylor Virgin Money has chosen mental health charities Mind and SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) as new corporate charity partners. Given the intrinsic link between money and mental health, Virgin Money will work alongside Mind and SAMH to support anyone affected by mental health problems and money worries and direct them to the vital services the charities provide – regardless of whether they are a Virgin Money customer or not.
New project seeks to save animals from plastic pollution

Dec 10, 2023 | therooftop.news | Simon Francis

Whilst extensive research has previously focused on the impact of plastic pollution in marine environments, its repercussions on land animals remain an underexplored frontier. A new study will take a major step towards unravelling the critical issue of plastic pollution and its far-reaching consequences, especially for animals like livestock and working animals such as donkeys, which are lifelines for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
COP28: Countries agree loss and damage fund at climate summit

Dec 5, 2023 | therooftop.news | Heather Rogers

The 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) began last week in Dubai with countries agreeing on the first day how a “loss and damage” fund will operate. The agreement was met with a standing ovation from delegates. The fund was originally agreed at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh last year, but details were left to be decided.
Social work students win partial funding reform

Dec 3, 2023 | therooftop.news | Simon Francis

Postgraduate social work students will be able to benefit from reform to the bursaries system in Scotland after a Government announcement.
Midlands schools’ zero-carbon boost

Nov 26, 2023 | therooftop.news | Simon Francis

The Midlands is set to lead the way in sustainability thanks to the arrival of a new Climate Action Advisor team. The Let’s Go Zero campaign, which unites UK schools working to be zero carbon, has recruited talented six climate action advisors to lead the regions’ schools in creating and embedding zero- carbon practises.